Rob Hyde

  • The Edge - Opening Ceremony

    One of the University's newest building was formally opened recently by our Chancellor, HRH The Earl of Wessex. The Edge is a state-of-the-art building offering a unique hub of culture and innovation to students, staff and visitors. Here's our video...

  • Camera Tracking

    Our colleagues at Durham University have been testing the new version of the Swivl camera mount. http://www.swivl.com/ The product looks interesting - but their testing has highlighted a few issues. We'll obviously monitor the outcome to see if it becomes...

  • 8W Visit Day

    Now that the rebuild process in 8W is complete, we would like to invite everyone to come and visit the rooms to see the extent of the refurbishment, and look over the new technology. The visits will be held on:...

  • 8W Project Update - 11 June 2015

    8W project is drawing to a close... the final fixed seating is going in.... lecterns are being connected up..... final touches are well underway. The official handover is tomorrow - 12 June 2015. There's a small amount of finishing off...

  • 8W Project Update - 2 June 2015

    TheĀ  8W refurbishment continues at some pace. We should be having Level 2 rooms handed back to us late on Friday evening. There are some changes in the rooms: All the rooms will be fully HD and Widescreen. All the...

  • Product Demonstration - Interactive Screens

    We've arranged a demo of an interactive screen: It will be demonstrated on 8 JUNE 2015 in EB0.12 at 15:00 to 16:30 by Dimi from Interactive Education.   If you would like to come along and see the latest screens,...

  • Re:View Update

    Over the last weekend, Panopto, who provide the Re:View platform for us, have completed their update of their servers, and consequently the software version of the server. We are now running version 4.9. There are no items of great effect,...

  • 8W Project Update - 14 May 2015

    8W continues in refurbishment. We thought it would be good to show some of the rooms being changed: If you would like any more details, please contact us.  

  • Lecture Capture Upgrade - Downtime Coming

    Panopto, who provide our lecture capture platform, have recently announced that they will be upgrading our Re:View platform on: Saturday, May 30 - from 1:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. Panopto will upgrade our version from 4.8 to 4.9. This means...

  • 8W Refurbishment Update - Mid Week 1

    The summer refurbishment project being undertaken on 8W GTA rooms is well underway. Most of the rooms have been stripped out, and are underway with first-fix for the AV equipment, and also with the decoration. The refurbishment will replace many...